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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY EDUCATIONAL SERIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$564,952
Total expenses
$499,476
Contributions and grants received
$186,718
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$372,758
Investment income
$5,476
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$586,028
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$586,028
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$419,029
Management and general expenses
$80,447
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$419,029

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $186,718

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COACH/PARENT TRAINING

    total $345,119 · related or exempt $345,119

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $27,639 · related or exempt $27,639

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,476 · related or exempt $5,476

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,895 · program services $93,895

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $125,327 · program services $125,327

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,999 · program services $16,999

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,422 · management and general $9,422

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $53,500 · program services $53,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,907 · program services $17,907

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,029 · program services $36,332 · management and general $7,697

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,012 · management and general $1,012

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,909 · program services $23,909

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,852 · program services $46,852

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,409 · program services $2,409

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,795 · management and general $3,795

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARA EXPENSES

    total $36,653 · management and general $36,653

  • 24b · Other expenses: LAIREUS EXPENSES

    total $19,051 · management and general $19,051

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP F

    total $2,206 · management and general $2,206

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROCESSING FEES

    total $1,899 · program services $1,899

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $611 · management and general $611

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $294,549 · end of year $327,074

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $244,219 · end of year $253,677

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,916

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,639

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,362 · end of year $5,277

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,578

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $497,974 · end of year $586,028

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,578

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP IN A NATIONAL EFFORT TO PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE, DEVELOPMENTALLY ORIENTED YOUTH SPORTS CULTURE FOR ALL CHILDREN. IT DOES THIS IN TWO WAYS. IT PARTNERS WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES LACKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNDING BY PROVIDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING TO BUILD COMMUNITY YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO SUSTAIN YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMMING. SECONDLY, IT EDUCATES SPORTS LEADERS, COACHES, PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH ITS TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION PROVIDES PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING AS WELL AS COACH AND PARENT TRAINING TO YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATHLETES. PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION USES A TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL TO DELIVER ITS TRAINING.

  • COACH AND PARENT TRAINING: PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TRAINED 6,040 COACHES AND 8,432 PARENTS DURING FYE 2025. THE INCREASE IS DUE TO PARTNER GROWTH AND VIRTUAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS. THE ORGANIZATION IS EXPANDING ITS PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDER THE BANNER OF "A TEAM FOR EVERY CHILD", SUPPORTING SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE FACING DECLINING FUNDING FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION HAS PROJECTS IN CHICAGO AND SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE CONTINUES TO BRING PARTNERS TOGETHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND REAFFIRM OUR SHARED VALUES AND COMMITMENT.

    Expenses $419,029 · Revenue $372,758

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KRISTIN SHEEHAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $93,895
    From this org
    $93,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • EDWARD HASTINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARK POWER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JAMES POWER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202611189349302001

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